Adrian Webster

Football player infobox
playername= Adrian Webster
nickname = Webby
height = height|ft=5|in=10
weight = 78kg
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1980|10|10
cityofbirth = Hastings
countryofbirth = New Zealand
currentclub = Kuopion Palloseura
clubnumber = 19
position = Winger
youthyears = 1996-1999
youthclubs = Charlton Athletic
years = 1996-1999
1999-2000
2000-2002
2002
2002
2003-04
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007
2007
2007
2007-2008
2008
2008-
clubs = Charlton Athletic
Colchester United
Margate
Folkestone Invicta "loan"
Ashford "loan"
Maidstone United
St George Saints
Darlington
Perth Glory
Blacktown City Demons
Workington
Blyth Spartans
Myllykosken Pallo -47
Kuopion Palloseura
caps(goals) = 0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (0)
4 (0)
5 (0)
? (?)
? (?)
38 (1)
20 (0)
? (?)
? (?)
3 (0)
10 (0)
1 (0)
nationalyears = 2005-
nationalteam = New Zealand
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (0)
pcupdate = 25 August 25 2008
ntupdate = 20 August 20 2008

Adrian Webster (born 10 October 1980 in Hastings) is a New Zealand football (soccer) player who currently plays for Kuopion Palloseura in Finland as a central midfielder.

Biography

Playing career

Webster's family moved to Australia when he was a toddler and he was brought up in Australia. However, he made his international debut for New Zealand, against Australia in London. In 2006 he returned to New Zealand for the first time since his childhood, for the two match series against Malaysia. He has made a total of five A-international appearances for the All Whites.cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm|title=A-International Appearances - Overall|author=|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=|accessdate=2008-07-25]

Injuries have been a source of problems for Webster. In 1995, while on trial at Newcastle United, he broke his ankle and was forced to return to Australia where he finished school.

Between 1996 and 2000 he was a constant member of the Charlton Athletic reserve team, but failed to make the first squad. He then moved to Colchester United for a six-month spell, but again was forced to return to Australia when his club suffered a financial crisis and had to release him. While in Australia, he played for St George in Sydney and in the last match of the season he snapped a medial ligaments in his knee.

However, David Hodgson, Darlington's manager, saw potential in Webster and decided to give him an opportunity to regain fitness at his club which eventually led to Webster playing in the first team after two seasons at Maidstone United.cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/W/WE.html|title=Australian Player Database|author=|publisher=OzFootball|date=|accessdate=2008-10-11]

Adrian was released at the end of the 2006 English league two season and returned to Australia where he was signed by A-League club Perth Glory where he played every game in a failed campaign to make the final series. The lowlight of this campaign was when he came to blows with his captain at Glory, Jamie Harnwell, on the pitch after a home match. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aySt8lArSOg] It went down in history as an A-League classic.

After leaving Perth Glory Webster returned to England and has had trials with Brighton and Burton. He then spent a 2 month Spell at Workington but moved to league rivals Blyth Spartans at the start of October 2007.

References